Conversation with Jim Owen

Wellevate Life Podcast

After a successful 35-year Wall Street career, James P. Owen found a new purpose in being an author, inspirational speaker, and social entrepreneur. Jim Owen was 70 when he decided he had to get fit. Years of a chair-bound lifestyle had left him stiff, weak, and plagued by aches and pains. With help from the experts, he distilled the secrets to becoming functionally fit, an approach very different from old-school bodybuilding. He also developed a step-by-step program that can be tailored to any level of physical ability.
Today Jim is past 80, and in the best shape of his life. His journey of transformation has proved that you can push back against ageing. Jim has expanded his focus, becoming a passionate evangelist for fitness as a way of life. In his speaking engagements, he reminds audiences that being in shape helps older adults stay mobile, active, and independent, enabling a quality of life no amount of money can buy. Fitness could also play an essential role in combatting severe chronic diseases and controlling health care costs as our nation’s over-50 population balloons.
In this episode we discuss

• Jim Owen’s interesting journey
• Jim’s definition of bad vs good habits
• Irina’s take on modern lifestyle
• Modern society’s victim mind set
• Jim Owen on Gratitude
• Jim Owen on Positive mind set